In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City